Scientific Name: Alyxia ruscifolia

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  • Pronunciation:
    ah-LIX-ee-a roo-see-FOAL-ee-ah
  • Common Name:
    Chain Fruit
  • Derivation:
    Alyxia: Gr. alysis - chain, ruscifolia:
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    APOCYNACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White, scented
  • Fruit:
    Red berry - either single or longitudinal chain
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wet Eucalypt Forest, Rainforest, Depauperate (dry and rocky) Rainforest.
  • Species List:
    Weyba Esp, FI Podberscek, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP Parkedge/Alex, Sunshine Beach Primary, Noosa High School, NNP service road, Cooroibah 26.4.09, Wooroi Palm Grove, Cooloothin Corner, Fraser Island, Johns, Janet, Batianoff 87, NNS, NNP Viewland/Brunjes, Leslie Drive Roundabout BHNR, Kin Kin Arboretum, Upper Yandina Creek, NC,
Identification Notes

Leaves, pungent-pointed, up to 6 cm, corolla lobes 3-4 mm long. Berries on chain. ||

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list . Moist well-drained soil in shaded position preferred, but hardy in dryer conditions. Slow at first. Indoor, pot plant potential.||Propagation is from fresh seed, ripening in summer. Seedling slow to develop. Cuttings strike slowly. Prefers shade. Adaptable and hardy.||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||